July 2021

Curriculum Vitae

JAMES ANDREONI
Address:

Department of Economics
University of California San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0508(858) 534-3832
andreoni@ucsd.edu
http://econ.ucsd.edu/~jandreon/

Education:

University of Michigan, Ph.D., Economics, 1986
University of Michigan, M.A., Economics, 1984
University of Minnesota, B.S., Economics, 1981

Appointments:

Distinguished Professor, University of California, San Diego, 2018Professor, University of California, San Diego, 2006-2018
Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996-2005
Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992-1996
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1986-1992
President, Economic Science Association, 2007-09
National Bureau of Economic Research, Research Associate, 2009-

Affiliations:International Behavioral Public Policy Association, founding officer, 2020Center for Behavioral Institutional Design, NYU-AD, Advisory Board, 2020Université de Genev̀e Centre of Philanthropy, Scientific Committee, 2019UCSD Extension, Fundraising Certificate program, Advisory Panel, 2017CESifo, Fellow, 2016Science of Philanthropy Initiative, Scientific Board, 2014-2016
Association for the Study of Generosity in Economics, Vice President, 2013Norwegian School of Economics, Choice Lab, Advisory Board, 2011Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, UCSD, Affiliate, 2011-

Editorial:

Journal of Public Economics, Co-Editor 2006-2013, Assoc.Editor 1998-2006
Econometrica, Associate Editor 2008-2011
Journal of Economic Literature, Board of Editors 2011-2015
Games and Economic Behavior Board of Editors 2006-2009
Experimental Economics, Advisory Editor 2005-, Board of Editors 1997-2005
American Economic Review, Associate Editor 1999-2004
Journal of Public Economic Theory, Associate Editor 2001-2005

Honorsand Awards:

Fellow of the Econometric Society, Elected 2011
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1992-94
Fellow of the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, Elected 2011
Robock Award for Empirical Research, University of Wisconsin, 2005
Shoemaker Fellow, University of Wisconsin, 2002
Kellett Mid-Career Award, University of Wisconsin, 2000
Vilas Associate Award, University of Wisconsin, 1995-1997
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, NTA-TIA, Second Place, 1987

Journal of Public Economic Theory, vol 21, 2019
Conference and special issue in honor of the works of Jim Andreoni,
Ted Bergstrom, Larry Blume, and Hal Varian.
O.Bochet, N.Nikiforakis, E.Reuben, J.Wooders, M.Wooders, eds.
Journal of Public Economics, vol 114, 2014.
Conference and special issue celebrating the 25th anniversary ofJames Andreoni’s publications on warm-glow giving.”
Erzo Luttmer, C. Sprenger, L. Vesterlund, eds.

Grants:National Science Foundation, continuous funding from 1988 through 2023 (17 individual grants).
FISP Grant, University of California, with Desmond Ang, Tomas DeJesus, and Christopher Ovies,
2016-17.
Center for Poverty Research, Michael Kuhn, co-PI, 2014-2015.
International Growth Centre, M. Callen, C. Sprenger and Y. Kahn, Co-PIs, for field experiments
on present-bias in Pakistan, 2014-16.
Science of Philanthropy Initiative, Large Grant, on the role of emotions in giving and fundraising,
2013-2014.
Google, Incorporated, Google Research Award, on fundraising, 2012-13
Science of Generosity, Notre Dame, on laboratory and field experiments on charitable giving andfundraising, 2010-2012
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, A.Payne, K. Scharf, D. Card, Co-PIs,
on diversity and charitable giving, 2010-12
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, A.Payne, Co-PI, on charitable fundraising, 2010-11
Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, W. Harbaugh, U. Myer, Co-PIs, onneuroeconomics of receiving charity, 2008-2010
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, A.Payne, Co-PI, on charitable giving.
2007-08
ACTEC Foundation, on law and economics, R. Madoff, Co-PI, 2003-04
Russell Sage Foundation, on trust, L. Samuelson Co-PI, 2002-04
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Grants, 1989, 1992, 1996

Major Articles:“Economics of Philanthropic Tax Incentives,”’ with Sarah Smith, to appear in H. Peter, and G.
Lideikyte-Huber, Eds. Routledge Handbook of Taxation and Philanthropy, London, October
2021.
“The Pledging Puzzle: How Can Revocable Promises Increase Charitable Giving?” with Marta
Serra-Garcia, in press, Management Science, 2021.
“Higher socioeconomic status does not predict decreased prosocial behavior in a field experiment.”
with Nikos Nikiforakis and Jan Stoop. Nature Communications, 12, 1, 2021: 1-8.

2Media:Freakonomics Radio, “Are the Rich Really Less Generous Than the Poor?” Podcast
May 24, 2017.
Marketwatch, “Are the 1% less honest than everyone else? A major new study answers
this question.” Mar 14, 2017.

“Predicting Social Tipping and Norm Change in Controlled Experiments.” with Nikos Nikiforakis
and Simon Siegenthaler, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, no. 16, 2021.
Media:Vox EU,“Social tipping points and forecasting norm change.” April 30, 2021.
PNAS Commentary, “Policy to activate cultural change to amplify policy.”Charles Efferson.

by“Time Inconsistent Charitable Giving.” with Marta Serra-Garcia. Revised December 2018. Journalof Public Economics,l98, June 2021.
Media:

Wall Street Journal, December 13, 2015, “The Key to Getting People to Donate toCharities: Don’t Push It.” December 13, 2015.

“When Fair Isn’t Fair: Understanding Choice Reversals Involving Social Preferences.” with Deniz
Aydin, Blake Barton, B. Douglas Bernheim, and Jeffrey Naecker. Journal of Political Economy,
128(5), 1673-1711, (2020).
“Fooling Myself or Fooling Observers? Avoiding Social Pressures by Manipulating Perceptions ofDeservingness of Others” with Alison Sanchez, Economic Inquiry, January 2020, 58 (1), 12-133.
“Risk Preferences of Children and Adolescents in Relation to Gender, Cognitive Skills, Soft Skills,
and Executive Functions.” with Amalia Di Girolamo, John List, Claire Mackevicius, and Anya
Samek. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 179, 729-742,(2020).
“Toward an understanding of the development of time preferences: Evidence from field experiments.” with Michael A. Kuhn, John A. List, Anya Samek, Kevin Sokald, and Charles Sprenger.
Journal of Public Economics, 177, September, (2019).
“Building Rational Cooperation on Their Own: Learning to Start Small,” with Michael A. Kuhn,
and Larry Samuelson, Journal of Public Economic Theory 21, 812–825, (2019).
“Satisfaction Guaranteed: When Moral Hazard meets Moral Preferences.” American Economic
Journal: Microeconomics, November 2018, 10 (4): 159-189. https://doi.org/10.1257/mic.20170119
Media: American Economic Association: Research Highlights “Building Trust with Buyers,” November 21, 2018. https://www.aeaweb.org/research/satisfaction-guaranteebuyer-seller-trust“Who Gives? The Roles of Empathy and Impulsiveness.” with Ann-Kathrin Koessler, and Marta
Serra-Garcia. In K. Scarf and M. Tonin, eds., The Economics of Philanthropy, MIT Press,
2018.
“The Benefits and Costs of Donor-Advised Funds,” Tax Policy and the Economy, NBER & University of Chicago Press, 2018, volume 32, 1, 1–44.
Media:

Wall Street Journal, “What are Donor Advised Funds?” December 3, 2017.
Chronicle of Philanthropy,“Cash in Donor Advised Funds Take Years to Trickle Out.”
December 5, 2017.
MD Magazine, “Donor Advised Funds: A Convenience and a Cost.” April 4, 2018.
Forbes, “There’s A Target On Charity’s Booming Donor-Advised Funds.” August 2,
2018.

“Avoiding The Ask: A Field Experiment on Altruism, Empathy, and Charitable Giving.” with
Justin M. Rao, and Hannah Trachtman, Journal of Political Economy, June 2017, vol. 125, no.
3, 625–653.

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Media:Wall Street Journal, “How to Suppress Your Inner Scrooge.” December 8, 2017.
New York Time Sunday Magazine, “The Ice Bucket Racket,” Nov 16, 2014.
Huffington Post, “Speak Up and Give Back if You Want the Economy to Improve.”Dec 26, 2014.
New York Times Freakonomics Blog.

“All Pay Auctions and Group Size: Grading on a Curve and other Applications.” with Andy
Brownback, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, May 2017, 147, 361–373.
“Diversity and Donations: The Effect of Religious and Ethnic Diversity on Charitable Giving.”with A. Abigail Payne, Justin Smith, and David Karp. Journal of Economic Behavior andOrganization, 2016, vol 128, 47-58.
Media:

Macleans.ca Dec 6, 2011.
New York Times Freakonomics blog.
NBER Digest March 2012

“Risk Preferences are not Time Preferences: Reply,” with Charles Sprenger, American Economic
Review, 105, no. 7, 2015, 2287-2293.
“Measuring Time Preferences: A Comparison of Experimental Methods.” with Michael Kuhn andCharles Sprenger, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 116, 451-464.
“Fair Weather Avoidance: Unpacking Costs and Benefits in a Replication of ‘Avoiding the Ask’.”with Hannah Trachtman, Andrew Steinkruger, Mackenzie Wood, Adam Wooster, Jim Murphy,
and Justin M. Rao, Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2015, vol. 1, 8-14.
“Gunning for Efficiency with Third Party Enforcement in Threshold Public Goods.” with Laura
K. Gee, Experimental Economics, 2015, 18, 154-171: 1-18.
“Do Grants to Charities Crowd Out Other Income? Evidence from the UK.” With A. Abigail
Payne and Sarah Smith, Journal of Public Economics June 2014, 114, 75-86.
Media:“The Surprising Relationship Between Taxes and Charitable Giving,” Wall Street
Journal, December 13, 2015.

“Charitable Giving.” with A. Abigail Payne, Chapter 1 in Handbook of Public Economics, Volume
5, (Amsterdam: North Holland), Alan Auerbach, Raj Chetty, Martin Feldstein, EmmanuelSaez, editors, 2013, 1-50.
“Estimating Time Preferences from Convex Budgets.” with Charles Sprenger, American Economic
Review, December 2012, 102 (7), 3333-3356.
“Risk Preferences are Not Time Preferences.” with Charles Sprenger, American Economic Review,
December 2012, 102 (7), 3357-3376.
“Gun For Hire: Delegated Enforcement and Peer Punishment in Public Goods Provision.” with
Laura K. Gee, Journal of Public Economics, 2012, v. 96, 1036-1046.
Media:

Vox. “Cooperation and the Beneficial Race for Second-worst.”“Diverging Opinions.” with Tymofiy Mylovanov, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics,
February 2012. 4(1), 209-232.
“The Power of Asking: How Communication Affects Selfishness, Empathy, and Altruism.” with
Justin Rao, Journal of Public Economics, 2011, v. 95, 513-520.
Media:New York Times Freakonomics Blog.
Vox, “Do they know it’s Christmas? New insights on communication, empathy, andaltruism.”“Is Crowding Out Due Entirely to Fundraising? Evidence from a Panel of Charities.” with A.

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Abigail Payne, Journal of Public Economics, v. 95, June 2011, 334-343.
Media:

Newsweek Magazine, “The Capital’s Charity Case,” November 18, 2010.

Reprint:

The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume II: Fundraising and theSociality of Giving, E.Elgar, Cheltanham, UK, 2015.

“Social Image and the 50-50 Norm: A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Audience Effects.”with B. Douglas Bernheim, Econometrica, 77, no. 5, September 2009, 1607-1636.
Reprint:

The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume II: Fundraising and theSociality of Giving, E.Elgar, Cheltanham, UK, 2015.

“Beauty, Gender and Stereotypes: Evidence from Laboratory Experiments” with Ragan Petrie.
Journal of Economic Psychology, v. 29, 2008, 73-93.
Media:New York Times, Beauty and the Fattened Wallet, April 6, 2006.

“Analyzing Choice with Revealed Preference: Is Altruism Rational?” with J.H. Miller, C. Plottand V. Smith, eds., Handbook of Experimental Economics Results, Volume 1, Amsterdam:
North-Holland, 2008, 481-487.
“Partners versus Strangers: The Effect of Random Rematching in Public Goods Experiments.”
with R. Croson, in C. Plott and V. Smith, eds., Handbook of Experimental Economics Results,
Volume 1, Amsterdam: North-Holland, 2008, 776-783.
“Giving Gifts to Groups: How Congestible is Altruism?” Journal of Public Economics, v. 91,
September 2007, 1731-1749.
“Asymmetric Information about Rivals’ Types in Standard Auctions: An Experiment.” with YeonKoo Che and Jin-Woo Kim. Games and Economic Behavior, v. 59, 2007, 240-259.
“Philanthropy.” in S.-C. Kolm and J.M. Mercier, eds., Handbook of the Economics of Giving,
Altruism and Reciprocity, Amsterdam:Elsevier/North-Holland, 2006, 1201- 1269.
“Testing Subgame Perfection Apart from Fairness in Ultimatum Games,” with Emily Blanchard.
Experimental Economics , v 9, December 2006, 307-321.
“Building Rational Cooperation,” with Larry Samuelson. Journal of Economic Theory, v. 127,
2006, 117-154.
“Leadership Giving In Charitable Fund-Raising.” Journal of Public Economic Theory, v. 8, no. 1,
February 2006, 1-22.
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The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume II: Fundraising and theSociality of Giving, E.Elgar, Cheltanham, UK, 2015.

“Public Goods Experiments Without Confidentiality: A Glimpse Into Fund-Raising.” with Ragan
Petrie, Journal of Public Economics, v. 88(7-8), March 2004, 1605-1623.
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The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume II: Fundraising and theSociality of Giving, E.Elgar, Cheltanham, UK, 2015.

“What do Bargainers’ Preferences Look Like? Exploring a Convex Ultimatum Game” with Marco
Castillo and Ragan Petrie, American Economic Review, v. 93(3), June 2003, 672-685.
“Do Government Grants to Private Charities Crowd Out Giving or Fundraising?” with Abigail
Payne, American Economic Review, v. 93(3), June 2003, 792-812.
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The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume II: Fundraising and theSociality of Giving, E.Elgar, Cheltanham, UK, 2015.

“The Carrot or the Stick: Rewards, Punishments and Cooperation.” with William Harbaugh andLise Vesterlund, American Economic Review, v. 93(3), June 2003, 893-902.

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“Charitable Giving by Married Couples: Who Decides and Why Does it Matter?” with Eleanor
Brown and Isaac Rischall, Journal of Human Resources, v. 38(1), Winter 2003, 111-133.
Reprint:

The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume I: Theory and Policy Toward Giving, E.Elgar, Cheltanham, UK, 2015.

“Giving According to GARP: An Experimental Test of the Consistency of Preferences for Altruism.”with J.H. Miller, Econometrica, v. 70, no.2, March 2002, 737-753.
Reprint:

The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume I: Theory and Policy Toward Giving, E.Elgar, Cheltanham, UK, 2015.
E. L. Khalil, ed., The New Behavioral Economics, London: Edward Elgar, 2009.
E. Carbone, C. Starmer, eds., New Developments in Experimental Economics, Volume
I, London: Edward Elgar, 2007.

Media:

Featured as one of the 20 most influential papers in experimental economics in, G.
Charness and M. Pingle, eds., The Art of Experimental Economics: Twenty Top
Papers Reviewed. Routledge: London, 2022.

“What Produces Fairness? Some Experimental Results.” with Paul Brown and Lise Vesterlund,Games and Economic Behavior, 40, July 2002, 1-24.
“The Simple Analytics of the Environmental Kuznets Curve.” with Arik Levinson, Journal of
Public Economics, v. 80, May 2001, 269-286.
“Which is the Fair Sex? Gender Differences in Altruism.” with Lise Vesterlund, Quarterly Journalof Economics, v. 116, February 2001, 293-312.
Reprint:

The Economics of Fairness, A.W. Cappelen and B. Tungodden, eds., E.Elgar,
Cheltanham, UK, 2018.
The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume I: Theory and Policy Toward Giving, E.Elgar, Cheltanham, UK, 2015.

Media:New York Times, Why Men Need Women, July 21, 2013.

“Pre-Play Contracting in the Prisoners’ Dilemma.” with H.R. Varian, Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, v. 96, September 1999, 10933-10938.
“Toward a Theory of Charitable Fundraising.” Journal of Political Economy, v. 106, no.6, December 1998, 1186-1213.
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The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume II: Fundraising and theSociality of Giving, E.Elgar, Cheltanham, UK, 2015.

“An Econometric Analysis of Charitable Giving with Interdependent Preferences.” with J.K.
Scholz. Economic Inquiry, v. 36, July 1998, 410-428.
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The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume II: Fundraising and theSociality of Giving, E.Elgar, Cheltanham, UK, 2015.

“Tax Compliance.” with B. Erard and J. Feinstein. Journal of Economic Literature, v. 36, June
1998, 818-860.
Reprint:

F. Schneider, ed., The Economics of the Hidden Economy, Edward Elgar Publishing:UK, 2007.
S. James, ed., Taxation: Critical Perspectives on the World Economy, Routledge:
London 2002, Volume III, p. 3-55.

“Do Government Subsidies Increase the Private Supply of Public Goods?” with T.C. Bergstrom,
Public Choice, v. 88, no. 3-4, 1996, 295-308.

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The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume I: Theory and Policy Toward Giving, E.Elgar, Cheltanham, UK, 2015.

“Cooperation in Public Goods Experiments: Kindness or Confusion?” American Economic Review,
v. 85, no. 4, September 1995, 891-904.
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The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume I: Theory and Policy Toward
Giving, E.Elgar, Cheltanham, UK, 2015.
R. Tresch, ed. Public Sector Economics: Critical Perspectives, Routledge, 2009.
T. Cowen and E. Crampton, eds., New Theories in Market Failure: A Critical Examination, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2002.
E. L. Khalil, ed., The New Behavioral Economics, London: Edward Elgar, 2009.

“Auctions with Adaptive Artificial Agents.” with J.H. Miller, Games and Economic Behavior, v.
10, no. 1, 1995, 39-64.
“Warm-Glow versus Cold-Prickle: The Effects of Positive and Negative Framing on Cooperationin Experiments.” Quarterly Journal of Economics, v. 110, no. 1, February 1995, 1-21.
“Criminal Deterrence in the Reduced Form: A New Perspective on Ehrlich’s Seminal Study.”
Economic Inquiry, v. 33, no. 3, 1995, 476-483.
“Auction Experiments in Artificial Worlds.” with J. H. Miller, Cuadernos Economicos, special
issue on experimental economics, M. Boldrin and M. Santos, Eds., v. 54, no. 2, 1994, 211-221.
“An Experimental Test of the Public Goods Crowding-Out Hypothesis.” American Economic
Review, v. 83, no. 5, December 1993, 1317-1327.
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The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume I: Theory and Policy Toward Giving, E.Elgar, Cheltanham, UK, 2015.

“Identifying the Free Riders: A Simple Algorithm for Determining Who Will Contribute to a
Public Good,” with Martin C. McGuire. Journal of Public Economics, v. 51, no. 3, July 1993,
447-454.
“Rational Cooperation in the Finitely Repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma: Experimental Evidence.”with J.H. Miller. Economic Journal, v. 103, May 1993, 570-585.
“IRS as Loan Shark: Tax Compliance with Borrowing Constraints.” Journal of Public Economics,
v. 49, no. 3, October 1992, 35-46.
“Reasonable Doubt and the Optimal Magnitude of Fines: Should the Penalty Fit the Crime?”
RAND Journal of Economics, v. 22, no. 3, Autumn 1991, 385-395.
Reprint:

Hugo M. Mialon and Paul H. Rubin, eds., Economics, Law and Individual Rights,
London: Routledge, 2007.

“The Desirability of a Permanent Tax Amnesty.” Journal of Public Economics, v. 45, July 1991,
143-160.
Reprint:

Dhammika Dharmapala, ed., The Economics of Tax Avoidance and Evasion, Edward
Elgar, Cheltenham:UK, 2017.

“Can Evolutionary Dynamics Explain Free Riding in Experiments?” with J.H. Miller. Economics
Letters, v. 36, 1991, 9-15.
“Impure Altruism and Donations to Public Goods: A Theory of Warm-Glow Giving.” Economic
Journal, v. 100, June 1990, 464-477.

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The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume I: Theory and Policy Toward Giving, E.Elgar, Cheltanham, UK, 2015.
T.P. Lyon and G. Dowel, eds., Corporate Sustainability, London: Sage, 2014.
N. Barr, ed., Economic Theory and the Welfare State, London: Edward Elgar, 2001.

“Giving with Impure Altruism: Applications to Charity and Ricardian Equivalence.” Journal of
Political Economy, v. 97, December 1989, 1447-58.
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The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume I: Theory and Policy Toward Giving, E.Elgar, Cheltanham, UK, 2015.

“Why Free Ride? Strategies and Learning in Public Goods Experiments.” Journal of Public
Economics, v. 37, December 1988, 291-304.
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E.L. Khalil, ed., Trust: Critical Studies in Economic Institutions, Lon-don: Edward
Elgar, 2002.
J.D. Hey and G. Loomes, eds., Recent Developments in Experimental Economics,
London: Edward Elgar, 1993.

“Privately Provided Public Goods in a Large Economy: The Limits of Altruism.” Journal of Public
Economics, v. 35, February 1988, 57-73.
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The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume I: Theory and Policy Toward Giving, E.Elgar, Cheltanham, UK, 2015.

“Exact Consumer’s Surplus and Deadweight Loss: A Comment.” with R. Haveman and Mary
Gabay, American Economic Review, v. 77, June 1987, 494-495.

Other Publications and Published Interviews“Group-size effects in Public Goods Provision: The Voluntary Contributions Mechanism” in G.
Charness and M. Pingle, eds., The Art of Experimental Economics: Twenty Top Papers Reviewed. Routledge: London, Forthcoming, October 2021.
“Impact of the Rise of Commercial Donor Advised Funds on the Charitable Landscape, 1991-2019,a Report from the Boston College Law School Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good”
with Ray Madoff, May 4 2021.
Media:”New Report Says Charities Lost $300 Billion in 5 Years in Part Because Donors
Stashed Money in Advised Funds.” by Michael Theis, Chronicle of Philanthropy,
May 4, 2021. By Michael Theis May 4, 2021.

“Review of ‘Group Size Effects in Public Goods Provision: The Voluntary Contributions Mechanism’ by R. Mark Isaac and James M. Walker, Quarterly Journal of Economics (1988),”
Discussed by James Andreoni, in G. Charness and M. Pingle, eds. Twenty Top Papers inExperimental Economics, forthcoming 2021.
“The Effects of the 2017 Tax Reform on Itemization Status and the Charitable Deduction.” withJon Durnford, Tax Notes, August 25, 2019, 1399-1403.
Media:“Share of Taxpayers Claiming Charitable Deduction Plunges to 8.5 Percent, Study
Shows.” By Michael Theis, Chronicle of Philanthropy, July 22, 2019

“Do Government Grants to Charities Crowd Private Donations Out or In?” Research Summary,
NBER Reporter, 2019, volume 1.
Freakonomics Radio, “Are the Rich Really Less Generous Than the Poor?” podcast, May 24, 2017.
Episode on Andreoni, Nikiforakis, and Stoop (2017).
“The Economic Explanation of Philanthropy,” in M. Moody adn B. Breeze, eds.,The Philanthropy
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Reader, New York: Rutledge, 2016.
“The Key to Getting People to Donate to Charities: Don’t Push It.” by James Andreoni andMarta Serra-Garcia, Wall Street Journal, December 14, 2015 (print), December 13, 2015 (online)(www.wsj.com/articles/the-key-to-getting-people-to-donate-to-charities-dont-push-it-1450062182).
“Introduction” The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volumes I & II, James Andreoni,ed., Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, ISBN-13: 978-1782546054, 2015.
“Warm Glow and Donor Advised Funds: Insights from Behavioral Economics” in Conference Proceedings for the Forum on Philanthropy: The Rise of Donor Advised Funds: Should Congress
Respond?, Washington, DC, October 23, 2015.
“How can small groups put a stop to bad behavior? Make it a race for second place.” VOX:
Research-Based Policy Analysis and Commentary from Leading Economists, Article by James
Andreoni and Laura K. Gee, June 14, 2011.
“The Economics of Charity and Philanthropy.” in J.D. Wright, Ed. The International Encyclopediaof Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Edition, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2014.
“Introduction to Special Issue on Charitable Giving.” with John List, Journal of Public Economics
Volume 95, June 2011.
“Got Altruism?” Harvard College Economics Review, Article by James Andreoni in Spring 2011,
p 5-6, invited contribution in issue highlighting Behavioral Economics.
“Thinking About Others: Communication, Empathy, and Altruism.” VOX: Research-Based Policy
Analysis and Commentary from Leading Economists, Article by James Andreoni and Justin
Rao, December 16, 2010.
“Revealing a Preferences for Fairness in Ultimatum Bargaining: Parametric and Non-parametric
Estimates of Utility” with Marco Castillo and Ragan Petrie, commissioned for Korean Economic
Review, 25, Summer 2009, 35-64.
“Charitable Giving.” in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition, 2008.
“Altruism in Experiments.” with William T. Harbaugh and Lise Vesterlund in The New Palgrave
Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition, 2008.
“Guest Editor’s Introduction: Twenty Surprising Years of BBV.” with Ravi Kanbur, in J. Andreoni
and R. Kanbur, Eds., Special Issue Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Bergstrom, Blume, andVarian’s, ‘On the Private Provision of Public Goods,’ Journal of Public Economics, v. 91, no.
9, September 2007, 1643-1644.
Book Review of Robert H. Frank, What Price the Moral High Ground? Ethical Dilemmas inCompetitive Environments. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2004, in Journal of
Economic Literature, v. 43, no. 3, September 2005, 828-829.
“Experimental Approaches to Public Economics: Guest Editors’ Introduction.” with John List,
Journal of Public Economics, Special Issue on Experimental Approaches to Public Economics,
v. 89, August 2005, 1355-1359.
“Gifts and Bequests: Family or Philanthropic Organizations? Comment” in A.H. Munnell andA. Sunden, eds., Death and Dollars: The Role and Impact of Gifts and Estates, Brookings
Institution: Washington, D.C., 2003.
New York Times, “Questions and Answers: He Crunches the Numbers for Clues to a Donor’sHeart.” Interview with James Andreoni,” November 18, 2002.
“The Economics of Philanthropy.” in N. Smeltser, P. Baltes, eds., International Encyclopedia of
Social and Behavioral Sciences, Elsevier: Pergamon, Oxford, 2001, 11369-11376.

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“Private Giving to Public Goods.” Proceedings, from the 1987 Annual Conference of the National
Tax Association-Tax Institute of America, 1988, 69-74.

Edited Books and Volumes:
The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume I: Theory and Policy Toward Giving,
James Andreoni, ed., Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781782546054, 2015
The Economics of Philanthropy and Fundraising, Volume II: Fundraising and the Sociality of Giving, James Andreoni, ed., Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, ISBN-10:
1782546057, 2015.
“Special Issue on Charitable Giving and Fundraising,” James Andreoni and John A. List, eds.,
Journal of Public Economics, v. 95, June 2011.
“Special Issue Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Bergstrom, Blume, and Varian’s, ‘On the Private Provision of Public Goods,”’ James Andreoni and Ravi Kanbur, eds., Journal of Public
Economics, v.97, September 2007.
“Special Issue on Experimental Approaches to Public Economics,” James Andreoni and John A.
List, eds., Journal of Public Economics, v. 85, August 2005.

Unpublished Working Papers:“Calculating DAF Payout and What we Learn When we Do It Correctly,” with Ray Madoff, NBER
Working paper 27888. Under revision.
Media:

Axios, “The Billions that Charities aren’t receiving.” by Felix Salmon, December 10,
2020.
“Donor-Advised-Fund Claims Spark Pushback From Critics.” By Alex Daniels,
Chronicle of Philanthropy February 25, 2021.
“Aribitrage or Narrow Bracketing? On Using Money to Measure Discounting.” with K. Gravert,
M. Kuhn, S. Saccardo, and Y.Yang, NBER Working Paper, w25232 November 2018.
“A Stream of Prospects or a Prospect of Streams? On the Evaluation of Intertemporal Risks.”
with Paul Feldman and Charles Sprenger, June 2017.
“Prospect Theory Revisited: Non-parametric Tests of S-Shaped Probability Weighting.” withCharles Sprenger, July 2017.
“Using Preference Estimates to Customize Incentives: An Application to Polio Vaccination Drives
in Pakistan” with Michael Callen, Karrar Jaffar, Yasir Khan, and Charles Sprenger, 2018.
“Uncertainty Equivalents: Testing the Limits of the Independence Axiom.” with Charles Sprenger.
NBER w17342.
“Measuring Ambiguity Aversion: Experimental Tests of Subjective Expected Utility.” with Charles
Sprenger, January 2014
“The Power of Revealed Preference Tests: Ex-Post Evaluation of Experimental Design.” with Ben
Gillen and William Harbaugh, February 2013.
“Crowding-Out Charitable Contributions in Canada: New Knowledge from the North.” with A.
Abigail Payne, NBER Workding Paper w17635, November 2011.
“Unexpected Utility: Five Experimental Tests of Preferences for Risk.” with William T. Harbaugh,
December 2009.

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“The Role of Judicial Discretion in Dispute Settlement.” with Ray Madoff, June 2007.

Honorary Professorships
Visiting Scholar, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB), May 2021, Cancelled due to Covid.
Distinguished Visiting Professor, London School of Economics, September 2020, Cancelled due to
Covid.
Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo, April 2018.
Distinguished Visiting Professor, GATE, University of Lyon, France, May 2017.
Guest Professor, WBZ, Berlin Social Science Center, April 2015.
Visiting Professor, Stanford University, Spring Quarter 2014.
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Paris 1, Sorbonne University, Paris, April 2013.
MITRE Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, March 2013
ERID Scholar, Duke University, September 2012.
Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Melbourne, May 2011.
Distinguished Visiting Professor in Psychology and Economics, University of California, Berkeley,
March 2010.
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Paris 1, Sorbonne University, Paris France, May-June 2009.
Distinguished Scholar, Brain Korea 21st Century Lectures, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea,
April 16-20, 2007.
Harry Lyman Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professor, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario,
November 15-19, 2004.
Distinguished Scholar, Brain Korea 21st Century Lectures, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea,
November 14-22, 2003.
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, University of Oregon, October 20-24, 1997

Featured Addresses
Keynote Speaker, Science of Philanthropy 2019 Conference, University of Chicago, September 2019
Keynote Speaker, Advances with Field Experiments 2019 Conference, University of Chicago, September 2019
Keynote Lecture, Bogotá Experimental Economics Conference, Bogatá, Columbia, January 2019.
Featured Speaker, Conference on Behavioral Economics for Development Policy, Asia Development
Bank Institute & University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, March 30, 2018.
Keynote Address, Game Theoretic and Experimental Approaches to Public Economics, New York
University–Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE, December 2017
Featured Speaker, Tax Policy and the Economy, National Press Club, Washington, DC, September
2017.
Keynote Speaker, Tenth Maastricht Behavioral and Experimental Economics Symposium –Theory
and Experiments, Maastricht, The Netherlands, June 2017.
Keynote Speaker, Venice Workshop on Philanthropy and Economics, CESifo Summer Institute,
Venice, Italy, July 2016.
Featured Speaker, The Rise of Donor Advised Funds: Should Congress Respond? A Program of11the Boston College Law School Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good. The University
Club, Washington, D.C., October 23, 2015,
Featured Speaker, Science of Philanthropy Initiative Annual Meeting, University of Chicago, Chicago,
Illinois, September 2015.
Keynote Address, Workshop on Charitable Giving, WZB and University College London, Berlin,
Germany, April 22-23, 2015.
Keynote Address, Inaugural Conference for the Economics Laboratory at NYU-Abu Dhabi, Abu
Dhabi, UAE, March 15, 2015.
Keynote Address, Center for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, International Conference on
Public Finance, Public Economics and Public Policy, Calcutta, India, December 10-11, 2014.
Keynote Address, Association for the Study of Economics and Religion, Chapman University,
Orange, California, March 2014.
Plenary Address, Shadow Conference on the Underground Economy, Münster, Germany July 2013.
Herbert Simon Lecture, Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics, Granada, Spain,
July 2012.
Plenary Speaker, Game Theory Society World Congress 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2012.
Keynote Speaker, Workshop on Social Dimensions of Organizations, Budapest, Hungary, April
2012.
Keynote Speaker, Interdisciplinary Science of Consumption Meeting, University of Michigan, Department of Psychology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 2012
Keynote Speaker, Tiber Symposium on Psychology and Economics, Tilberg University, Tilberg,
The Netherlands, August 2011.
Plenary Address, Econometric Society, Summer Meetings, on Behavioral Economics, Washington
University, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2011.
Plenary Address, Asia-Pacific Meeting of the Economic Science Association, Melbourne, Australia,
February 2010.
Plenary Address, European Meeting of the Economic Science Association, Nottingham, England,
September 2006.
Plenary Address, International Meeting of the Economic Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia,
June 2006.
Plenary Address, Second International Meeting in Experimental and Behavioral Economics, Valencia, Spain, December 2005.
Plenary Address, Journees Louis-Andre Gerard-Varet, Institut D’Economie Publique Annual Conference, Marseille, France, May 2003.
Plenary Address, International Institute of Public Finance Annual Congress, Helsinki, Finland,
August 2002.

Professional Service:
Economic Science Association:
President, 2007-2009
President Elect, 2005-2007
Program Chair, Fall Meeting 2000
North American Vice President, 1996-2000
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Dissertation Award Committee, 1993
National Science Foundation:
Grant Review Panel for Decision, Risk, and Management Science, 2009-10
Grant Review Panel for Economics, 1996-98
Graduate Fellowships Selection Panel for Economics, 2001
American Economic Association:
Nominating Committee, 2014-15.
Association for the Study of Generosity in Economics:
Co-founder, Vice President, 2012National Bureau of Economic Research:Awards Panel for Graduate Fellowships on Non-profit Sector Research, 2011
Science of Philanthropy Initiative:
Board of Advisors 2014-16
Women’s Philanthropy Institute, IUPUIResearch Committee, 2009Econometric Society:
Program Committee, Summer Meetings 2001
Association of Public Economic Theory:
Program Committee, Annual Meeting 2004
Consultant (Gratis):
Griffin Early Childhood Center, J. List, S. Levitt, R. Fryer, PIs, 2010
Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE), Stanford University
Medical School, J. Doty, Director, 2008-2010.
Her Majesty’s Revenues and Customs, on tax policy toward British charities, K. Scharf, S.
Smith, PIs, 2010

UC San Diego Service:
Current:
Marshall College Mentoring Program, Mentor 2018–
Center for Ethics in Science and Technology, UCSD, Member 2018–
UC San Diego Extension, Fundraising & Development Certificate, Faculty Advisor 2017–
UC San Diego Economics Laboratory (EconLab), Director, 2006—
Past:
Rady School of Management, Spring School, Instructor 2015, 2016, 2017
Faculty Senate Committee on Faculty Welfare, 2016-17, 2017-18
Faculty Senate Representative, 2015-2016, 2016-17
Faculty Senate, Alternate, 2012-13, 2017-18
File Writer for Economics Department CAP files, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
Graduate Program Committee, 2013-2014, 2014-15, 2015-16
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Distinguished Lecture Series, October 2011
Placement Director, 2008-09, 2009-10

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Community Service:
Initiative to Accelerate Charitable Giving, Member 2021–
Media:

Cronicle of Philanthropy, “Donor-Advised-Fund Claims Spark Pushback From Critics,” By Alex Daniels, February 25, 2021.
Philanthropy Roundtable, “Donor-Advised Funds Are Supporting Charities in Timeof Need,” Elizabeth McGuigan,Mar 01, 2021.
Inside Philanthropy, “Five Major Takeaways from Fidelity Charitable’s Latest Giving
Report,” by Philip Roc, March 4, 2021.

Alliance Charitable Foundation, 2019:
Scientific Expert Advisor on $2 million seed grant competition.
California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofits), 2018-19.:
Research Advisory Committee for Causes Count, 2019 report on California’s non profit sector.
National Commission on Philanthropy:
Advisory Panel 1997
Classy.com, maker of non-profit fundraising web-services in San Diego:
Pro-bono advisor to research team, 2018

Teaching:
Graduate: Experimental and Behavioral Economics, Public Economics, Microeconomic Theory
Undergraduate: Experimental Economics, Public Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics,
Advanced Theory, Intermediate Microeconomic Theory C: Honors

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